- Joined
- Feb 21, 2006
But does she truly relish performing so poorly, after nearly winning Nationals in 2007?
That ankle sprain seems to be a chronic injury for Emily (her coach revealed that Emily had a 'slight sprain' at 2007 Nationals). What I don't understand is if Emily had to be off the ice for 4-6 weeks after Nationals, she would have been able to train again in March. In early April, she participated in the "Ice Chips" show, so her injury must have been pretty well healed. In a July journal entry, she said she had gotten her programs choreographed by David Wilson back in June. You'd think that by early August, she would have been in decent shape before suffering that new ankle injury. After a two week break due to the injury, she should have been able to get back in the groove by the second week of September. Two weeks away from heavy training shouldn't have set her back as far as she appeared at Midlantics.
I think that Emily is trying to do much too much all at once, and what's happening is the quality of what she does is going downhill.
Emily struggled with trying to land triple toes in the Skate For Hope event, so I would hazzard a guess that the ankle was still problematic over the Labor Day weekend show.